Handle for storage batteries



'c. D. GALLOWAY HANDLE FOR STORAGE BATTERIES Dec. 29 1925' Original Filed Jane 14. 1923 nwewrae Czar/63,2 Ga/ lira/MEX Patented Dec. 29, 1925 umren STAT-ES 1,567,799 PATENT; OFFICE.

CHARLES n. GALLO AYQ F PHILADEL IA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANDLEVFO R STORAGE BATTERIES.

Application filed nine; 14, 1923, Serial No. 645,254; Renewed October 22, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. GALLO-' WAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in thecounty of Phila delphia and State of Pennsylvania, have 111- vented a new and useful Improvement in- H-andles forStorage Batteries, ofwhich the following is aspecification.

composition jars or containers which willserve either as handles or hold-downs or both. Another object of thepresent invention is not only to" provide for convenient application and removal of the handle-or hold-down attachments but also to provide for a simple, comparatively inexpensive,

- strong and durable construction and ara knee of which one part is provided with feet engaging the recess and of which the other part is provided with a clip co-operating with the cleat, the fitting being adapted for snapping into and out of attachment with respect to the. container and wall. The invention also comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which- Figure 1 is an end view of a storage battery jar or container embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings 1 is a recess or undercut, and 2 is a cleat provided in the end wall 3 of a storage battery jar or container of the kind, for example, that is made of composition, used without a wooden case, and contains integral partitions. The wall of such the end wallof the jar or container.

a jar-is usually reinforced by makingit thicker around the top as indicated at 4, and this reinforcement may be continued at each side of the recess .1 as at 5 and may be made of reduced thickness opposite the recess 1, as at 6. The cleat 2 is-shown as terminating in abutments' 7 and as provided with a vertical wall as at 8. The metallic fitting consists of a knee or angularly bent portion 9 of which one part 10 is provided with a foot or claw engaging the recess 1. The

foot or claw is shown asforked which is a matter of convenience for the accommodation of thehold-down 11. The foot or claw is also shown as provided with a straight shank 12 adapted to bear upon the face of The other part of the knee is provided'with a clip 13 having at its end a lip 14. 15 is a handle shown as struckup from the fitting, and 16 is an opening provided in the fitting for the hold-down 11. 17 is a slot provided in the clip for the insertion of a tool.

The fitting is snapped, for example, by springing it into place on the jar wall, as shown in the drawing, the claw 10 being hooked in the recess 1," the lip 14 riding on the curved surface of the cleat until it runs off that surface permitting the clip, or more accurately, the straight shank portion 18 of the clip to contact with the straight portion 8 of the cleat, thus the clip and cleat constitute a. firm and strong coupling which along with the claw 10 and recess 1 connects the fitting and jar not only when lifted by the handle but also when held by the hold-down. The abutments 7 oppose any lateral relative motion of the parts. hen it becomes new essary to detach the fitting, for example. when the fitting is worn out and should be replaced by another, a screw driver or other appropriate tool may be inserted in the slot 17, and with the knee 9 as a fulcrum, the fitting can be snapped off. In general it may be said that the fitting and the jar wall are connected together by two opposed hook elements provided on the fitting and adapted to engage the cleat elements on the jar, the enga ement and disengagement being provided for by the angular form of the fitting which can be made in one piece and which can be sprung sufficiently for the purpose. The element 2 at the top of the jar and the wall 19 of the recess constitute spaced cleat elements on the jar which co-operate with the opposed hook elements on the fitting.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction arrangement and mere matters of form without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited as to those matters or otherwise than as the prior art and the appended claims may require.

I claim:

1. In a storage battery container theconrbination of oppositely disposed spaced cleats provided on the container wall and a metallic spring fitting provided with confronting hook elements and adapted for snapping said hook elements into and out of attachment with respect to the-wall 2. In a storage battery container the combination of a cleat having a curved surface and a flat surface and provided on the top of a wall of the container, a recess provided in the face of the 'wall of the container and which constitutes an undercut portion, and a metallic spring fitting inthe form of a knee and one part of which is provided with a claw ad p ed f r engagem nt it the dercut portion and the other part of which is provided with a curved clip haw-ving' a lip, and said fitting having straight shank substantially asvdescribed;

3. In a storage battery container the combination of a curved cleat provided on the top of a wall of the container, a. recess pro;

vided in the face of the wall of the container, and a metallic spring fitting having a claw which is adapted to engage in the recess and which is provided with a straight shank forcontact with thesurface of the wall and having a clip adapted to engage with the cleat.

4. In a storage battery container the combination of two cleats whereof one is provided at the top of a container wall and whereof the other is formed by a recess provided in the face of the container wall, and ametallic spring knee having a clip for engagementwith one of said cleats, and a claw adapted to engage the other of said cleats and forked to provide a recess for a hold-down clamp,substantially as described Ina storage battery container the combination of spaced cleats provided 'respec- .tively at the top 'and face of a container wall, and a metallic spring .knee having a claw and a clip for e c-operation with said cleats and provided with a handle and with a recess for a'hold-down clamp.

6; In a storage battery containerthecom ibi nation of cleats on the coi'itainer end wall,

and a metallic spring knee structure having hook elements for co=operation with the cleats and provided with a tool receiv ng slot arrangement to co-operate with the knee as" a fulcrum, substantially as described.

CHARLES'D. GALLOWAY. 

